Taipei, April 7 (CNA) The student-led occupation of Taiwan's parliament over a trade-in-services agreement with China that began March 18 is due to end on April 10. The following are major events in the 23-day protest dubbed "the Sunflower Movement": March 17 -- In a chaotic joint session of eight committees of the Legislative Yuan, Chang Ching-chung, a ruling Kuomintang (KMT) lawmaker and convener of the meeting, declared the review of the much-delayed agreement was over and submitted to the Legislature's plenary meeting for reference. The move triggered angry response from activists groups as well as the opposition parties. March 18 -- Hitherto little known groups such as the Democratic Front Against Cross-strait Trade in Services Agreement held an evening rally outside the Legislative Yuan, which turned into a storming of the Legislature by hundreds of protesters. Using swivel chairs and other furniture, they blocked themselves in the main legislative chamber and police attempts overnight to evict them were unsuccessful. Hundreds of people -- mainly students -- who support the occupation gathered outside the legislative compound. The protesters' first demands included Premier Jiang Yi-huah's resignation, an apology from President Ma Ying-jeou and a return of the service trade pact to an item-by-item review by the legislative committees. March 21 -- Ma called a meeting with Vice President Wu Den-yih, Jiang and Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng in a bid to end the confrontation but it was canceled after Wang excused himself, saying in a letter that the nature of the dispute is different from one that would require the intervention of the head of state. Calls from Ma failed to change his mind. March 22 -- Jiang went to see the protesters. He was met outside the Legislative Yuan by Lin Fei-fan and other student leaders, who demanded that, for a dialogue to happen, the premier should promise first to withdraw the service trade pact from the legislature and to enact a new law aimed at closer scrutiny of all agreements with China. Jiang rejected the preconditions for a dialogue. March 23 -- Ma called an international press conference, in which he stressed the importance of the service trade agreement to Taiwan's economy and its efforts not to be marginalized. The student-led movement said the president did not show any sincerity in having a dialogue with the protesters. Student leader Lin issued four demands, which included a civic conference on constitutional government, legalizing the oversight mechanism of cross-Taiwan Strait agreements, no action on the service trade pact until the new oversight law is enacted and a pledge by all legislators to work on the new legislation first. In the evening, hundreds of protesters broke into the Executive Yuan compound, which is about two hundred meters from the Legislative Yuan. Some of them broke windows and knock down doors to enter the main building. After reinforcements were sent in, police began removing the protesters first by carrying them away one by one but later started to use water cannons. The compound was cleared of demonstrators by daybreak. Some two hundred people were sent to hospitals for treatment. March 24 -- Wang, the legislative speaker, called leaders of legislative caucuses for consultations for the first time. Five more rounds of talks took place at his residence but all broke down as neither the ruling nor the opposition party could agree on how to proceed. March 25 -- The president said through a spokesperson that he is willing to hold a dialogue with the students without any preconditions in order to resolve the dispute. March 28 -- For the first time, the premier said the administration is open to the possibility of legalizing the mechanism for the oversight of all cross-strait agreements. At the same time, he rejected the students' demand that the service trade agreement be withdrawn from the legislature. March 29 -- The president held a second press conference to explain the administration's position on the dispute. March 30 -- A massive rally called by the student leaders was held on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the President Office. Organizers said as many as half million took part in the event. Police said the number was 116,000 at its peak. March 31 -- KMT lawmaker Chang and Lin Hung-chih, chief whip of the KMT legislative caucus, apologized for the action taken on March 17, which they admitted had been the cause of the dispute and social unrest. April 1 -- The Unionist Party, founded by former gang member Chang An-lo, and some labor groups marched on the Legislative Yuan and demanded the authorities take action against the illegal occupation of the nation's parliament. They confronted the protesters. Police struggled to separate the two opposing camps. April 3 -- In a weekly meeting, the Executive Yuan approved the draft bill aimed at strengthening the oversight of cross-strait agreements. Student leader Chen Wei-ting rejected the text of the bill as "mere form". As many as ten non-official versions of the proposed legislation were being discussed by the students. April 6 -- Wang set foot in the Legislative Yuan for the first time since March 18 after declaring he will not call any cross-party caucus meetings on the service trade pact until the new oversight law has been enacted. Once in the main chamber, he shook hands with Lin, the student leader, and urged all students to go home. April 7 -- The student leaders announced they will evacuate the legislative chamber at 18:00 April 10. (By Tseng Ying-yu and Jay Chen)